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Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has said governors of the Southwest region will launch new security architecture in August to tackle insecurity in the zone. Makinde, who spoke yesterday at a thanksgiving service in honour of his mother, Madam Abigail ...

Feud with Ihedioha deepens as ex-gov alleges threat to family members’ lives Immediate past governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha has demanded an apology from the state government over the alleged assault on his daughter, Mrs. Uloma Rochas-Nwosu. It was ...

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has opposed Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN’s) proposed plan to restrict allocation of foreign exchange (forex) for the importation of milk into the country. It insisted that the policy does not ...

The United Global Resolve For Peace (UGRFP) has called on the Federal Government to verify the authenticity of a viral video alleging Leah Sharibu’s death. In the film, the six aid workers, abducted by Boko Haram last week, were seen ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of a National Action Committee (NAC) for the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement. He ratified the pact at the 12th Extraordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Heads of ...

There was pandemonium at Ondo State House of Assembly as the ceilings of the chamber eventually caved in during plenary. It was a day after a snake chased the lawmakers out of the building during Yoruba sitting. According to a ...

Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, has called on navies in West Africa to develop a common network that would facilitate greater integration for seamless information sharing across the sub-region. Ibas gave this charge at the 60th ...

President of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Chris Isiguzo, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently overhaul the security architecture to arrest the insecurity of lives and property across the country. He stated this in Lokoja, at the grand ...

The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has faulted the claim that genetically modified (GM) crops remain the veritable source of food to world’s projected 10 billion population. Puncturing the assertion at a dialogue with civil society organisations (CSOs) hosted ...

Troops of 159 Task Force Battalion along Road Gubio-Damasak have disclosed that they intercepted the Islamic States of West Africa Province (ISWAP) logistics network and arrested two Toyota Hilux vans conveying its illegal items. This follows its ongoing counter-insurgency operations ...